Today was all about family lunch with my wife’s family. Although Scully got a visit from the Christmas Wombat this morning.
I spent the morning baking a ham, with a maple syrup glaze. Then we had to pack it into the car with bags of gifts and all the sweet treats my wife has been making over the past few days. And drive over to her mother’s place.
Traffic was awful, unlike yesterday’s light traffic. And when we got there there was no parking anywhere closer than about 150 metres away, so we had to walk all the way back with everything carried.
Lunch was a traditional affair of roast turkey, the ham I’d baked, roast vegetables, and the zucchini loaf my wife had cooked last night. And some salad. And then dessert of Christmas pudding, with ice cream and/or cream. All very filling.
Late in the afternoon I went for a swim in the harbour at the nearby small beach. The weather was warm and sunny, but not too hot. It’s always good to go for a swim after Christmas lunch, to cool down and get the blood circulating again after the heavy meal.
We headed home a bit after sunset. Still too full to contemplate any sort of proper dinner.
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